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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
170 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
243 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
170 days
217 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
139 days
300 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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225 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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29 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
83 days
69 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
59 days
167 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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149 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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18 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 - February 28 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
100 days
59 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
125 days
112 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
42 days
203 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
217 days
70 days
David G Bell
Halifax
180 days
174 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
86 days
291 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
170 days
213 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
345 days
48 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
185 days
225 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
309 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
149 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
123 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
---
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
448 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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---
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
225 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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229 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
77 days
23 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
48 days
53 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
50 days
53 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
71 days
34 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
10 days
108 days
David G Bell
Halifax
92 days
104 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
60 days
167 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
139 days
118 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
238 days
33 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
137 days
142 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
97 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
15 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
---
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
208 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
148 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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90 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2018 - February 28 2019
Next Update: 
April 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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